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O notte, o dea del mistero (Niccolò Piccinni)
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- Edition notes: Lyrics in Italian and English - English translation by Dr. Theodore Baker - Edition in E Minor.
General Information
Title: O notte, o dea del mistero
Composer: Niccolò Piccinni
Lyricist: Unknown
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano
Published: Anthology of Italian song of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (In two volumes) - Editor: Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913) - Publisher: G. Schirmer - Copyright: 1894.
Description:
External websites:
- Parisotti's Anthology on Art Song Central
- Text and translations on Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Original text and translations
Italian text
O notte, o Dea del mistero,
Dolce compagna d’amor,
O notte, è in te sola ch’io spero!
Deh scaccia del giorno il fulgor.
O speme, crudel martiro,
O istante di gaudio e timor,
Io temo, io tremo, e desiro,
E d’amore sospira il mio cor.



